Grateful Dead American Beauty (1979 MFSL RE)
1979 MFSL Original Master Recording AUDIOPHILE PRESSING on translucent (when held to light) QUIEX vinyl. Half-Speed Production and Mastering by Original Masteringworks. Specially Plated and Pressed on High Definition Super Vinyl by Victor Company of Japan Ltd.
Vinyl has a few faint surface sleeve scuffs (mostly side one) just holding grade back from NM, nothing I can feel. Labels are excellent. Gatefold cover has heavy cornerwear/dinged corners, heavy edgewear and ringwear/hazing.
If you’re not familiar with QUIEX, it's like this: As CDs began coming on the scene in the 1980’s, record companies started pressing “Quiex II” LPs primarily for radio stations. The idea was to show that vinyl was still king and sounded just as good--or better--than CDs. MOST Quiex pressings were marked as Quiex that were shipped to radio. If too many were pressed, they were packaged as regular LPs and those lucky enough to unknowingly buy them were then blessed with clearer sound! This translucent (when held to light) AUDIOPHILE beauty is one of those pressings!
Genre: Rock
Condition: NM-
Cover Condition: Strong VGLabel: MSFL, Warner Bros.
Reference Number: MFSL 1-014
Date: 1979 (1970)
Country: Japan
SKU: 22343
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Audiophile Pressings > Audiophile Pressings
$100